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    The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form by Kenneth Clark. This book evolved from a 1953 series of lectures by this Oxford University professor.

    There is more to the Nude than meets the eye! ...458 pages with Notes and Index.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaneV2.0 View Post
    Dopesick, by Beth Macey. Depressing and infuriating chronicle of the spread of opioids in Appalachia.
    I just saw the Lisa Ling special on meth addicts in Ohio. Apparently Ohio is the worst in the U.S. and law enforcement there can't keep up. The sheriff there said it typically starts as an addiction to prescribed pain medication, then when they can't get any more pain pills they move to meth or heroin. It was pretty frightening seeing the scope of it, and clearly repeated arrests and incarceration without treatment is not working.

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    Two Good Dogs by Susan Wilson. Totally lightweight, happy little fictional frolic, which is just what the doctor ordered for me right now. I especially love that she is a local author and the story took place in the Berkshires. Many of the places mentioned in the book were visited by us just a couple of weeks ago.
    Iris Lily alert - this book would probably nauseate you, although you would love Chance and Dawg!

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    I am reading Saved by Ben Hewitt. So far it is pretty good and a deep examination of what money and wealth really are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rosarugosa View Post
    Two Good Dogs by Susan Wilson. Totally lightweight, happy little fictional frolic, which is just what the doctor ordered for me right now. I especially love that she is a local author and the story took place in the Berkshires. Many of the places mentioned in the book were visited by us just a couple of weeks ago.
    Iris Lily alert - this book would probably nauseate you, although you would love Chance and Dawg!
    haha!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lainey View Post
    I just saw the Lisa Ling special on meth addicts in Ohio. Apparently Ohio is the worst in the U.S. and law enforcement there can't keep up. The sheriff there said it typically starts as an addiction to prescribed pain medication, then when they can't get any more pain pills they move to meth or heroin. It was pretty frightening seeing the scope of it, and clearly repeated arrests and incarceration without treatment is not working.
    Add in a depressed economy where desperate people sell the stuff on the black market and an incredibly greed-driven Pharma, and you have an unmitigated disaster.

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    “Confronting the Classics” by Mary Beard. She takes some new perspectives on some old material.

    I’ve got Roger Scruton’s book on conservatism waiting in the wings. It’s the first time I bought a book I heard about on YouTube.

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    I'm re-reading "The Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss. They are the first two books in a planned trilogy.

    I've been eagerly anticipating the third book for seven years, but the first two are so good that even if Rothfuss never publishes another thing, he'll still be a master.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
    “Confronting the Classics” by Mary Beard. She takes some new perspectives on some old material.
    Read her "Women and Power: a Manifesto" earlier this year. I recommend it. Helped me to understand better how women came to be silenced in the public sphere.

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